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Water Act 2000
sec.392Direction to propose amendment and consult on proposal
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### sec.392 Direction to propose amendment and consult on proposal
This section applies if the chief executive reasonably believes—
there has been a material change in the information or a prediction contained in an approved underground water impact report or final report; or
the information or a prediction contained in an approved underground water impact report or final report is incorrect in a material particular.
The chief executive may give to the responsible entity for the report a notice directing the entity to, within a stated reasonable period—
propose an amendment of the report to address the material change or correct the material particular; and
consult on the proposed amendment in the way required under subsection (4) ; and
give the proposed amendment to the chief executive for approval under subsection (5) .
The responsible entity must comply with the notice.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
In consulting on the proposed amendment, division 4 , subdivision 2 applies to the proposed amendment as if a reference in that subdivision to an underground water impact report or final report were a reference to the proposed amendment.
In deciding whether to approve the proposed amendment, division 5 applies to the chief executive’s decision as if a reference in that division to an underground water impact report or final report were a reference to the proposed amendment.
The approved underground water impact report or final report, as amended, takes effect on the day the amendment takes effect under section 385 (6) .
s 392 prev s 392 om 2008 No. 34 s 714
pres s 392 ins 2010 No. 53 s 195
amd 2020 No. 26 s 118 sch 1 ; 2023 No. 24 s 42
(sec.392-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive reasonably believes— there has been a material change in the information or a prediction contained in an approved underground water impact report or final report; or the information or a prediction contained in an approved underground water impact report or final report is incorrect in a material particular.
(sec.392-ssec.2) The chief executive may give to the responsible entity for the report a notice directing the entity to, within a stated reasonable period— propose an amendment of the report to address the material change or correct the material particular; and consult on the proposed amendment in the way required under subsection (4) ; and give the proposed amendment to the chief executive for approval under subsection (5) .
(sec.392-ssec.3) The responsible entity must comply with the notice. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(sec.392-ssec.4) In consulting on the proposed amendment, division 4 , subdivision 2 applies to the proposed amendment as if a reference in that subdivision to an underground water impact report or final report were a reference to the proposed amendment.
(sec.392-ssec.5) In deciding whether to approve the proposed amendment, division 5 applies to the chief executive’s decision as if a reference in that division to an underground water impact report or final report were a reference to the proposed amendment.
(sec.392-ssec.6) The approved underground water impact report or final report, as amended, takes effect on the day the amendment takes effect under section 385 (6) .
- (a) there has been a material change in the information or a prediction contained in an approved underground water impact report or final report; or
- (b) the information or a prediction contained in an approved underground water impact report or final report is incorrect in a material particular.
- (a) propose an amendment of the report to address the material change or correct the material particular; and
- (b) consult on the proposed amendment in the way required under subsection (4) ; and
- (c) give the proposed amendment to the chief executive for approval under subsection (5) .